A section of Southern California found itself waist-deep in mud as the weekend arrived, and a highway overtaken by flowing debris looked like a buried junkyard of hundreds of cars that would likely take days to dig up. The worst of the thunderstorms had passed, but the continued chance of rain could dampen cleanup and relief efforts in northern Los Angeles County's Antelope Valley, where the most serious slides occurred. -Associated Press

FoxNews.com

http://www.foxnews.com/

MDSL5

Oct. 16: This still frame from video provided by KABC-TV shows some of hundreds of big rigs and cars stranded on State Highway 58 near Mojave, Calif.

(KABC-TV via AP)

mdsl5

MDSL1jpg

Oct. 16: Los Angeles County firefighter use a front end loader to clear mud after a flash floods the day before sent mud and debris through Elizabeth Lake road in Leona Valley, Calif., trapping cars and closing roads.

MDSL7

Southern California digs out from mudslides

A section of Southern California found itself waist-deep in mud as the weekend arrived, and a highway overtaken by flowing debris looked like a buried junkyard of hundreds of cars that would likely take days to dig up. The worst of the thunderstorms had passed, but the continued chance of rain could dampen cleanup and relief efforts in northern Los Angeles County's Antelope Valley, where the most serious slides occurred. -Associated Press